It's Always Been A Desire Of Mine

I Do Think My Mother Was A Bit Overprotective, Not In Any Sordid Way, But Just Normally. She Certainly Might Say To Me, "you Know, Laura, I Don't Have A Good Feeling About That Guy. I Don't Know If I Want You To Go Out With Him."

Whatever Character You Play, It Gives You The Chance To Expose Another Side Of Yourself That Maybe You've Never Felt Comfortable With, Or Never Knew About

I Feel That Movies Are Gifts That Come To You, And There Are No Accidents In What You End Up Doing.

Even If You've Gone Through An Average Childhood, You Have Girlfriends Who Get Pregnant And Then Have To Choose Whether Or Not To Have A Child. And This Stuff Certainly Makes You Think About What You're Taking On. I Certainly Want To Have Children, But I Could Never Do It Until I Felt I Loved Myself Enough, And Wanted To Bring Someone Into The World Because I Had Some Kind Of Security.

Virginia Mayo Had Kind Of A Small Role In The Best Years Of Our Lives, But You Got The Whole Character In One Scene. Where Are Those Parts? I Was Talking To Somebody About Great Actors: Morgan Freeman's Name Came Up, Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington. And I Realized, There're No Black Actresses. Where's There A Black Actress Who's Been Extremely Successful In The Past 10 Years?